Fortran

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Fortran

Summary

Fortran is a programming language[1]. Fortran ranks in the top 0.67% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,395 views/month, #5 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Fortran was influenced by Speedcoding[3].
  • Fortran's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • Fortran's instance of is recorded as structured programming language[5].
  • Fortran's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language[6].
  • Fortran's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[7].
  • Fortran's instance of is recorded as object-based language[8].
  • Fortran's instance of is recorded as generic programming language[9].
  • Fortran's instance of is recorded as array programming language[10].
  • Fortran's developer is recorded as IBM[11].
  • Fortran's developer is recorded as John Backus[12].
  • Fortran's designed by is recorded as John Backus[13].
  • Fortran's software version identifier is recorded as Fortran 2023[14].
  • Fortran is used for computer programming[15].
  • Fortran is used for creating[16].
  • Fortran is used for analysis[17].
  • Fortran's Commons category is recorded as Fortran[18].
  • 1957 marks the founding of Fortran[19].
  • Fortran's has edition or translation is recorded as FORTRAN for the IBM 704[20].
  • Fortran's has edition or translation is recorded as FORTRAN II[21].
  • Fortran's has edition or translation is recorded as FORTRAN III[22].
  • Fortran's has edition or translation is recorded as FORTRAN IV[23].
  • Fortran's has edition or translation is recorded as FORTRAN 66[24].
  • Fortran's has edition or translation is recorded as FORTRAN 77[25].
  • Fortran's has edition or translation is recorded as Fortran 90[26].
  • Fortran's has edition or translation is recorded as Fortran 95[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[4], structured programming language[5], imperative programming language[6], procedural programming language[7], object-based language[8], and generic programming language[9].

History and Context

1957 marks the founding of Fortran[19].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Fortran include 9548 Fortran[28].

Why It Matters

Fortran ranks in the top 0.67% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,395 views/month, #5 of 742).[2] Fortran has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Fortran is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Fortran has been cited as an influence by PL/I[31], a programming language[32], founded in 1964[33]; ALGOL[34], a programming language[35], founded in 1959[36]; MUMPS[37], a programming language[38], founded in 1966[39]; Julia[40], an object-based language[41], founded in 2009[42]; Wolfram Language[43], a programming language[44], founded in 1988[45]; and ALGOL 58[46], a programming language[47].

Entities named for Fortran include 9548 Fortran[28].

FAQs

Who did Fortran influence?

Fortran has been cited as an influence by PL/I[31], ALGOL[34], MUMPS[37], and Julia[40].

References

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  8. [11] . softwarepreservation.org. Retrieved . softwarepreservation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . softwarepreservation.org. Retrieved . softwarepreservation.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [43] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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